I don't think I'm overreacting by telling DirecTV staff to rot in hell for -- after THREE FREAKING YEARS -- being unable to reach an agreement with the Pac 12 Networks to carry their sports events.
Like the opening Oregon State and Oregon football games that I'll be unable to see today and tomorrow, just like I have for the past THREE FREAKING YEARS. (See here and here.)
Today I emailed DIrecTV again through their online help center. I told them not to send me their deeply irritating canned response about why they don't carry the Pac 12 Networks.
I"ve seen it so many times, I want to barf when I get another one. But naturally the idiots sent me the same damn message. They must have a robot responding to complaints.
Probably the same robot that keeps saying "No, No, NO" when the Pac 12 Networks tries to negotiate with them. Bastards.
There was a great management article called "On the folly of hoping for A while rewarding B." Until you stop sending them money while not showing Pac12, you are rewarding B while wanting A.
Posted by: walker | September 04, 2015 at 12:40 PM
A week after we were all led to believe that a deal between Directv and the Pac12 Network would be in place... still nothing. Judging by the lead time to get a Directv installation a lot of people have been in the process of switching from their old carrier to (or back to) Directv. I was one of them, having taken the good deal that Costco is offering. Fortunately (now) my lead time was nearly two weeks. One week has gone by... no Pac12 Network. Perhaps we don't have an imminent deal after all. I say "fortunately" because that allows me one more week to see if a deal happens. If not, then I'll cancel my installation (Directv says no charge if you cancel before installation) and keep my old carrier another year. This is beginning to look like more smoke than fire after all.
Posted by: MarcTheDuck | September 05, 2015 at 08:31 AM
Wha-WHAT?
Rot where?
Rot in HELL?
Where is hell and where did you hear about it?
Did you read about it in a book somewhere?
If so, what else did the book have to say?
Is there a way to avoid "rotting in hell" other than providing pak 12 games?
And what "the hell" is a pac12 anyway?
In all seriousness, I don't know. And if it has to do with pointless sports, I DON'T care to know. There is work to do.
Hugs and Kisses! XOXOXOX
Posted by: Harry Vanderpool | September 05, 2015 at 07:53 PM